Translator app recommendations? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by demystify@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I've been trying to move away from Google Translate, it's so good though. Any adequate open source alternatives? Bonus points if it has a phrasebook and if I can import mine from Google.

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[-] morethanevil@lmy.mymte.de 26 points 1 year ago

Libretranslate is FOSS and you can even selfhost it.

Then there is Translate you, it uses multiple engines 🐱

[-] merde@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

similar to these, there is monocles translator (monocles translation a safe and private translator)

[-] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Monocles Translator is a fork of Translate You and I wasn't able to tell what it changes.

[-] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

yes, they seem to be identical 🤷

[-] Quatta@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

My opinion is the best translation program:

Firefox Translations provides automated translation of web content. Unlike cloud-based alternatives, translation is done locally, on the client-side, so that the text being translated does not leave your machine. Firefox Translations was developed with The Bergamot Project Consortium. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firefox-translations/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=search
Desktop version of Bergamot MT: https://translatelocally.com/ translateLocally is a privacy focussed machine translation application which translates content privately and securely on the user's own computer.

Not open source but privacy friendly:

Brave Translate (Lingvanex) https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/8963107404813-How-do-I-use-Brave-Translate-

[-] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://www.deepl.com/translator has web interface and standalone application for any system

not open source, but works really well

[-] gelberhut@lemdro.id 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Their privacy policy explicitly says that everything you put in it will be used for train their algorithms. So, if the only goal is avoiding Google as such - deepl is ok, if the goal is avoiding of "leaking" of your data - it is not a good alternative.

[-] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

ok, that's fair point

[-] barusu@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Lingva Translate is a privacy friendly front-end for Google Translate (similar to invidious for YouTube): https://github.com/TheDavidDelta/lingva-translate

Ex. pub instance: https://lingva.lunar.icu/